Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh review: Ideological war between Gandhiji & Godse

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948, at Delhi's Birla House.

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The movie Gandhi Godse - Ek Yudh debuts in 2023 exactly four days before that day on January 26.

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The film imagines a world in which Godse fails in his attempt to kill Mahatma and the latter decides to confront him.

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On paper, the conflict that follows sounds intriguing (and controversial).

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Deepak Antani’s Gandhi and Chinmay Mandlekar’s Godse try to prove their ideas by emphasising the same thing again and again.

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